Here is where, unfortunately, the Dems are smarter than Repubs (I hate saying that, but it needs saying). Dems would force the vote and then use it as propaganda against the Repubs. This is what the Repubs should do. Take the vote, let it be voted down by the Dems in the Senate and use it against them in the 2014 elections.
It’s true, Republicans could show themselves as having been prescient here when this dead skunk finally does rot into little bitty pieces.